Hat-retainer.



I. HENDRICKSON.'

HAT RETAINER.

APPLICATION FILED NOV. 1.3912.

1 ,2851701. Patented Nov. 26 1918.

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74 zfdmifiwzbZdw Witnesses Inventor, by W Attorney I JACOB HENDRICKSON, OF NORTHPORT, WASHINGTON.

HAT-RETAINER.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Nov. 26, 1918.

Application filed November 7, 1917. Serial No. 200,757.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, JACOB HnNDRIoKsoN, a citizen of the United States, residing at Northport, in the county of Stevens and State of lVashington, have invented a new and useful Hat-Retainer, of which the following is a specification.

By way of explanation it may be stated that a protruding hat pin or the kind commonly used in retaining womens head coverings, is a more or less dangerous article in a crowd, and the present invention aims toprovide novel means whereby a hat may be held on the head, without the use of a Specifically, the invention aims to provide a head-encircling band wherewith a hat may be engaged, novel means being provided for expanding and contracting the band.

It is within the province of the disclosure to improve generally and to enhance the utility of devices of that type to which the present invention appertains.

With the above and other objects in View which will appear as the description proceeds, the invention resides in the combination and arrangement of parts and in the details of construction hereinafter described and claimed, it being understood that changes in the precise embodiment of the invention herein disclosed can be made within the scope of what is claimed, without departing from the spirit of the invention.

In the accompanying drawings Figure 1 shows in side elevation, a hat retainer constructed in accordance with the present invention, a portion of the hat appearing in section;

Fig. 2 is a fragmental top plan showing a portion of the retainer;

Fig. 3 is a section taken through the easing which supports the winding means;

Fig. 4% is a fragmental transverse section taken through the band and a portion of a hat, the View depicting the means whereby the hat is assembled with the band.

The numeral 1 denotes a head-encircling band which may be of tubular form, in cross section, the band being adapted to extend entirely around the head of the wearer. Reinforcing members 2, preferably wires, extend longitudinally of the band, adjacent the upper and lower edges thereof, the walls of the band being held together by stitchings shown at 3, to retain the reinforcing members or wires 2 in place. Between the ends of the band 1, the reinforcing members 2 are fashioned into expansion springs 4. At intervals, the band 1 carries upstanding spurs 5, which are offset to engage in the hair of the wearer, So as to prevent the band 1 from being detached from the head accidentally and specifically, to prevent the band 1 from moving upwardly.

The numeral 6 denotes a support in the form of a plate. The ends of the band 1 are overlapped on the support 6. The support 6 is supplied with longitudinally extended, offset guides 7 on which the springs 4 are adapted to slide. A casing 8 is secured to the support 6 and includes a stem 9, an inner wall 10 at one end of the stem,

and an outer wall 11 at said end of the stem, the wall 11 preferably being of less height than the wall 10. The stem 9 has a longitudinal passage 12. A shaft 14 is journaled for rotation in the walls 10 and 11 of the casing 8 and in the support 6, the shaft being provided with a turning head 15. Secured t the shaft 14: and located between the walls 10 and 11 is a drum 16 having a ratchet 17 on its outer side. The ratchet 17 is adapted to be engaged by one end of a pawl 18 fulcrumed intermediate its ends as shown at 19 on the stem 9 of the casing 8. Between the rear end of the pawl 18 and the stem 9 is interposed a compression spring 20 which maintains the working end of the pawl 18 engaged with the ratchet 17. The ends of flexible elements 21 are connected with the ends of the band 1, the latter, of course, being flexible. The flexible elements 21 may be resilient and contractile, if desired. The flexible elements 21 extend through the opening 12 in the stem 9 of the casing 8 and through an opening 22 fashioned in the drum 16 to one side of the center thereof.

The numeral 23 denotes a hat, and in this connection it is to be observed that the word hat as used in this specification, and in claiming the invention is to be taken to indicate an article of head gear of any kind, the term hat being used merely for the sake of brevity. At intervals, the hat 23 has depending tabs 24 carrying hooks 25. A net 26, adapted to cover the head of the wearer, and of flexible construction, is united with the band 1 and with the sup port 6. The support 6 and the band 1, to-

gether with the net 216, may be colored any desired hue to correspond with the color of the hair of the wearer.

In practical operation, the band '1 is placed around the head, the net 26 covering the hair. The shaft 14 is rotated by means of the turning head 15, the flexible elements 21 being reeled onto the drum 16, and the ends of the band 1 being tightened-on-the head of the wearer. The tension thus secured is held by the cooperation between the pawl 18 and the ratchet 17. WVhenthe ends of the band 1 are drawn together, the springs L are put under compression. It is to be observed that the springs 4, coacting with the guides 7 constitute a means for a I connecting the ends of the band' l, slidably,

with the support'6. The net 26 prevents the band 1 from moving downwardly, and

the spurs 5 prevent the band 1 from moving upwardly. After the band '1 has beenconnected with the head of the wearer in the manner above described, the'hooks 25 on-the tabs 2&' of the hat 23 are engaged beneath the lower edge of the band 1'. The tabs 24 constitute a means whereby the hooks 25 may be "disengaged from the band 1.

- The device forming the subject matter of this application is simple in construction and aifords an expedient means whereby an article of headwear can be held in place without the use of protruding hat pins.

- It will be understood that when the flexible elements 21 are slacked away, the- Gopies of this patent may be obtained for springs 4L expand and separate'the' ends of the band. 1, so that the latter may be removed readily from the head.

Having thus described the invention, what is claimed is 1. A hat retainer comprising a support; a drum journaled on the support; a head-encircling band; flexible elements connected with the endsof the band and connected with the drum; means for holding the drum against reverse rotation; a guide onthe support; and a resilient connection uniting the ends-of the band and slidably received" on the guide.

2. A hat retainer comprising a support; a guide carried by the support; a'banol; an

expansion spring connectingthe ends of the 'band and slidably mounted on the guide; and "means carried by the support and 'uniting'the'ends of-the'band, for drawing the ends of the band together.

3. A-hat retainer comprising a support; a guide on the support; a band; a reinforcement extended longitudinally of the band and fashioned, between the ends of five cents each, by addressing the Commissioner of Patents; Washington, D; G. 

